High AIDS awareness may cause tuberculosis patient delay: Results from an HIV epidemic area, Thailand

AIDS

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1413-1419

  Ngamvithayapong, Jintana ^a,c   Winkvist, Anna ^d   Diwan, Vinod ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TUBERCULOSIS   (Japan)

^b NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^c TB/HIV Research Project   (Thailand)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Beliefs and perception; Delay seeking care; Qualitative data; Stigma; Thailand; Tuberculosis and HIV AIDS

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; COUGHING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; SYMPTOM; THAILAND; TUBERCULOSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; THAILAND; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0033910996     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-200007070-00015     Document Type: Article

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